Macrocytosis associated with monoclonal gammopathy

European Journal of Haematology

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 146-149

  Horstman, Andrew L ^a   Serck, Stephanie L ^a   Go, Ronald S ^a  

^a GUNDERSEN LUTHERAN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Macrocytosis; Monoclonal gammopathy

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROPHORESIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEGALOCYTOSIS; MONOCLONAL IMMUNOGLOBULINEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE MARROW EXAMINATION; CELL SIZE; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; ERYTHROCYTES, ABNORMAL; ERYTHROID PROGENITOR CELLS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARAPROTEINEMIAS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 22444436293     PISSN: 09024441     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0609.2005.00441.x     Document Type: Article

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